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3.12.2025 | The EU Transport and Telecommunications Council will meet in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 2025. Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne will represent Finland at the meeting.

22.1.2024 | The European Member States, Parliament and the Commission have reached a provisional agreement on a regulation on CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). The emissions reduction targets for new heavy-duty vehicles will gradually tighten and the scope of application of the regulation will widen. The accord was achieved in tripartite negotiations on 18 January 2024.

17.6.2025 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a legislative project to improve the operating conditions for the transport sector. The aim of the project is to further specify the EU regulation concerning road cabotage and make the regulations easier to comply with and supervise. In addition, the project promotes the use of vehicles powered by alternative fuels with a total mass not exceeding 4,250 kg in goods transport.

23.7.2020 | The requirements for professional qualifications training for lorry, bus and coach drivers will be specified by amendments to the decree on professional qualifications. The amendments relate to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/645. The amendments required by the Directive have been partly implemented by the amendments to the Driving Licence Act and the Act on Transport Services that entered into force in mid-July.

23.7.2020 | The requirements for professional qualifications training for lorry, bus and coach drivers will be specified by amendments to the decree on professional qualifications. The amendments relate to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/645. The amendments required by the Directive have been partly implemented by the amendments to the Driving Licence Act and the Act on Transport Services that entered into force in mid-July.

13.2.2020 | On 12 February 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited comments on draft amendments to a decree that specify the provisions on a test model for qualifications for lorry and bus drivers. The amendment aims to remedy the shortage of heavy vehicle drivers and to ensure the provision of transport services.

12.11.2020 | In future, it will be possible to pass the initial qualification requirements for lorry, bus and coach drivers by completing a qualification examination only. Further provisions on the completion of the examination will be laid down in a decree that will enter into force on 16 November 2020. The decree also lays down further provisions on, for example, the organisers and evaluators of the examination as well as on the requirements for simulators to be used in the examination.

12.11.2020 | In future, it will be possible to pass the initial qualification requirements for lorry, bus and coach drivers by completing a qualification examination only. Further provisions on the completion of the examination will be laid down in a decree that will enter into force on 16 November 2020. The decree also lays down further provisions on, for example, the organisers and evaluators of the examination as well as on the requirements for simulators to be used in the examination.

27.5.2021 | Finland applies for an extension from the European Commission of the derogations that were adopted due to the COVID-19 epidemic for professional qualifications in road transport, licences in railway transport, and for maritime safety and security. The extension is considered necessary due to the unforeseeable development of the epidemic.

27.5.2021 | Finland applies for an extension from the European Commission of the derogations that were adopted due to the COVID-19 epidemic for professional qualifications in road transport, licences in railway transport, and for maritime safety and security. The extension is considered necessary due to the unforeseeable development of the epidemic.

28.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted for comments proposals for amending the Driving Licence Act and the professional qualification requirements for lorry and bus drivers in the Act on Transport Services.

13.2.2020 | On 12 February 2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications invited comments on draft amendments to a decree that specify the provisions on a test model for qualifications for lorry and bus drivers. The amendment aims to remedy the shortage of heavy vehicle drivers and to ensure the provision of transport services.

16.4.2020 | The Government proposes that the professional qualification requirements for lorry, bus and coach drivers set out in the Driving Licence Act and the Act on Transport Services be updated to meet the requirements in EU regulation. In this context, amendments are also proposed to the Government Decree on Professional Qualifications of Lorry, Bus and Coach Drivers.

16.4.2020 | The Government proposes that the professional qualification requirements for lorry, bus and coach drivers set out in the Driving Licence Act and the Act on Transport Services be updated to meet the requirements in EU regulation. In this context, amendments are also proposed to the Government Decree on Professional Qualifications of Lorry, Bus and Coach Drivers.

28.1.2020 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications submitted for comments proposals for amending the Driving Licence Act and the professional qualification requirements for lorry and bus drivers in the Act on Transport Services.

26.11.2020 | The Government proposes that the President of the Republic adopt the act on the passenger car scrapping premium for 2020-2021 and the act amending the act on the passenger car scrapping premium and support for acquiring electric cars and converting passenger cars to run on gas or ethanol. The date of the entry into force is proposed to be 1 December 2020. The President of the Republic is expected to approve the bill on Friday, 27 November 2020.

27.6.2024 | The Government proposes that the President of the Republic approve the amendments to the Act on Fixed-Term Subsidies for Purchasing and Converting Vehicles to Use Alternative Fuels or Propulsion Systems. 

15.12.2020 | The purpose of the proposed act is to increase the proportion of low- and zero-emission vehicles in the public sector's procurement of vehicles and transport services. The act will transpose the EU Clean Vehicles Directive into national law. The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests statements on the draft bill by 8 February 2021.

26.11.2020 | The Government proposes that the President of the Republic adopt the act on the passenger car scrapping premium for 2020-2021 and the act amending the act on the passenger car scrapping premium and support for acquiring electric cars and converting passenger cars to run on gas or ethanol. The date of the entry into force is proposed to be 1 December 2020. The President of the Republic is expected to approve the bill on Friday, 27 November 2020.

15.12.2020 | The purpose of the proposed act is to increase the proportion of low- and zero-emission vehicles in the public sector's procurement of vehicles and transport services. The act will transpose the EU Clean Vehicles Directive into national law. The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests statements on the draft bill by 8 February 2021.